Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) was established in 2002 to advance the academic study of Asia (South, East, and Southeast) and Asian Diasporas. YCAR continues the strong tradition of internationally recognized research in Asian studies pioneered since 1974 by the University of Toronto-York University Joint Centre on Modern East Asia, more recently known as the University of Toronto-York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies (JCAPS), in which York faculty members and graduate students played a central role … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Graduate Diploma;
Programs and Projects;
Research;
Asian Studies;
Membership;
How to Use Electronic Resources From Home;
York University Libraries YUL;
Support;
Address: York Centre for Asian Research YCAR, Suite 270 York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3;
Contacts.

About 2/2: YCAR is an Organized Research Unit (ORU) within York University. ORUs bring together researchers from across the university, including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and the professional schools, to organize and administer research, conference, and training projects, as well provide public profile for York University research.

YCAR currently administers research and conference activities with total annual project accounts of $500,000, and works with an annual operating budget for centre administration of about $100,000. Financial accounting for York University ORUs is overseen by York University’s research accounting department.

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Linked with Terry Greenblatt – USA.

(She began working with UAF on June 1, 2008, and officially succeeded co-founder, Julie Shaw, on July 1, 2008).

Urgent Action Fund, as part of women’s rights movements worldwide, supports women’s rights defenders working to create cultures of justice, equality and peace. We provide rapid response grants that enable strategic interventions, and participate in collaborative advocacy and research. We are led by activists, inspired by feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
Who We Are;
What We Do;
Learn more, Get Involved;
Referring a group;
Downloads, Research, Publications and Advocacy;
Download: 10 years Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, 28 pages;
Internships;
Apply for a Grant;
Donate;
Address: 3100 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 201, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA;
Contact.

About /COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES PROGRAMME: The Collaborative Initiatives programme brings like-minded women activists together to share knowledge, skills and information and to strategise on the growth of a strong and sustainable African women’s human rights movement.

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Linked with Ellen Barry – USA.

The period immediately after release from prison is one of the most vulnerable for people with chronic illnesses. The Post-Release Wellness Project (PRWP) is an innovative model designed to promote the health and well being of newly released prisoners–Community Health Workers are at the heart of its success. The model has been developed through the partnership of three organizations: Transitions Clinic, the Health Education and Community Health Studies Department of City College of San Francisco, and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children … (full text Making the Transition).

Homepage;
Prisoners with children;
Publications;
LSPC Staff/ (About);
News and Events;
Issues in Dept;
Fact sheets;
Links;
Address: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 1540 Market Street, Suite 490,  San Francisco, CA 94102;
Contact. (415) 255-7036, e-mail.

LSPC Celebrates 30 Years: This year, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) proudly celebrates 30 years of organizing against the prison industrial complex.

Over the past three decades, LSPC has seen the collapse and re-birth of the anti-prison movement while also witnessing the incredible growth and devastating effects of the prison system on people in prison, their loved ones and the broader community. Through it all, we have not only survived, but changed and grown to meet new challenges. We were born from the incredible vision of our beloved Founding Director, Ellen Barry, who started LSPC in 1978 with the help of two small grants from the Berkeley Law Foundation and the New York Public Interest Law Foundation. In the ensuing 30 years, we’ve expanded from a one-person legal services agency to a nationally-renowned organization of 15 people with a $1 million budget.

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Linked with Candi Smucker – USA.

At Ten Thousand Villages, we work with over 120 artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to bring you fair trade jewelry, home decor, gifts and more. As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, we build long-term relationships with artisans that are based on mutual understanding and respect. Fair trade enables artisans to earn a fair wage and provides the opportunity for a better quality of life. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
Fair Trade: A Worldwide Movement;
What Fair Trade Means;
How We Practice Fair Trade;
IFAT: Key Principles Of Fair Trade;
Our Fair Trade Friends;
Akron Offices, More than 130 Hearts, One Giving Mission;
How To Get Involved;
Find Artisans by region or coutry;
Ten Thousand Villages News;
About Us;
Contact.

Fair Trade: Unique Products. Unique Business: Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by artisans from more than 130 artisan groups in 36 countries. As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years cultivating long-term buying relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to unique gifts, accessories and home decor from around the world. Enterprising Artistry: Ten Thousand Villages comprises a global network of social entrepreneurs who strive to improve the livelihood of disadvantaged artisans by building a market for handmade products in North America.

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Linked with Kate Donnelly – USA.

The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. (Who we are).

Homepage;
News, Events and Newsletter;
2009 Peace Calendar;
Publications;
Media;
Resources;
Join WRL;
War Tax Resistance;
Address: War Resisters League, National Office, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012;
Contact.

What We Believe: The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923.

Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. Our political influences span the globe; central are the teachings of the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, and of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., pacifist-feminist activist and theorist Barbara Deming, labor organizer Cesar Chavez, and peace agitators A.J. Muste and Dave Dellinger.

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